Abstract
This research demonstrates that borders are geographical and socio-spatial and shape our urban spheres. Therefore, exploring the authenticity present in them is significant. Furthermore, some subcultures prevail in multicultural societies, creating cultural borders that expand beyond geographies. The authenticity can be measured by experimental ethnographic exercises focusing on the cultural borders these urban contexts inhabit. This is done through human interaction in three immersive mediums that act as symbols. The difference in reactions to these interactive mediums (symbols) is recorded through traditional ethnography. This research focuses on the segregation and marginalisation created by meanings that people interpret from the symbols exhibited as part of this research.
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When two or more races and cultures occupy the same territory within which spatial distinctiveness is maintained is called cultural borderland (Chang 1997).
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Abid, M. (2023). Experiencing Authenticity Through Cultural Borders and Experimental Ethnography. In: Zaman, Q.M., Hall, G.G. (eds) Border Urbanism. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_6
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